New York S 8061: Provides for mental health counseling for correction officers and civilian staff in correctional facilities

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S08061 Summary:

BILL NOS08061 

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SAME ASSAME AS A08027

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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COSPNSRGRIFFO, MURRAY, ROLISON

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §22-b, Cor L

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Directs the commissioner of corrections and community supervision, in consultation with the commissioner of mental health, to make mental health counseling available to all correction officers and civilian staff in correctional facilities.

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BILL NOS08061 

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05/15/2025REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

03/24/20261ST REPORT CAL.625

03/25/20262ND REPORT CAL.

03/26/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/02/2026PASSED SENATE

06/02/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/02/2026referred to correction

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8061

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and
 Correction

 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to providing mental
 health counseling for correction officers and civilian staff in
 correctional facilities

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 22-b
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 22-b. Correction officer and civilian staff mental health coun-
 4 seling. The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of
 5 mental health, shall make mental health counseling available to all
 6 correction officers and civilian staff in correctional facilities.
 7 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 8 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11130-02-5

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